by Tim Leaman | Sep 22, 2022
Great Lives Editors: Elaine Phillips & Michael Sessions “An engineer and moth expert who journeyed across the United States with Mark Twain; a hero of the 1920 Olympics who went on to win a Nobel Peace Prize; and a pacifist who helped ensure Gandhi had a place at...
by Tim Leaman | Sep 22, 2022
Passion and Partings Author: Jane Mace Right from the start, ‘the people called Quakers’ recorded each other’s ‘dying sayings’. This book tells how, happening upon some of these by accident, a 21st century Friend learned of their speakers’ passion for equality and...
by Tim Leaman | Sep 22, 2022
Cycling with Cuthbert Author: Nick Morice Illustrator: Harold Gosney Twelve holidaymakers and a leader set off from Durham on a week’s cycling pilgrimage across Northumberland. Their goal is Holy Island, and on the way they learn the story of St Cuthbert and visit...
by Tim Leaman | Sep 22, 2022
Cycling with Peter Author: Nick MoriceIllustrator: Harold Gosney In Cycling with Cuthbert, twelve people go on a one-week cycling holiday from Durham to Lindesfarne, Northumberland. In this sequel, they re-unite for a similar holiday in Yorkshire. But life moves on,...
by Tim Leaman | Sep 22, 2022
The Ythan Estuary: An Environmental History by Dave Raffaelli The Ythan estuary on the north-east coast of Scotland is one of the smallest estuaries in the UK, but one of the best documented in terms of its ecology. Yet relatively little has been written about the...